Category: Blockchain

Despite crypto investors’ growing accustomed to volatility, it always puts them on their toes when BTC price drops drastically. A selloff in the stock market spilled into crypto, causing Bitcoin and Ethereum to experience substantial losses. BTC’s price has fallen by 13% since the beginning of December, while ETH’s value has declined about 8%. The

Credit card payment giant Visa recently has conducted a study, which shows that up to 42% and 41% of the respondents respectively believe “the financial way of the future” and to “build wealth” as the biggest catalysts of motivation by owning cryptocurrency. The report titled “The Crypto Phenomenon: Consumer Attitudes & Usage” noted: “The

Payment giant Visa said that it will launch a new consulting service focused on the cryptocurrency field to help customers gain a deeper understanding of cryptocurrencies. As part of efforts to expand the knowledge base of its clients and partners in their cryptocurrency journey, Visa has introduced a global crypto advisory practice as part of

Nikhil Rathi, the Chief Executive Officer of the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has taken a harsh stance against the chances of victims of digital currency scams receiving compensation from the government.  Speaking through a statement to the Treasury Committee, Rathi commented about the risks of the much-unregulated cryptocurrency sector in the country: “When we talk

The trio of the Central Banks of France, Switzerland, and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has successfully conducted a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC) trial involving both country’s fiat notes. The BIS revealed the “experiment programme launched by the Banque de France (BdF) in 2020 has been completed”. It also involved third-party technology service providers, including

Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter plans to unveil a standalone company by building a crowdfunding system based on blockchain technology. In a blog post, CEO Aziz Hasan and co-founder Perry Chen also reported that Kickstarter will switch its own website to the new infrastructure following the completion of the new company sometime in 2022. Currently, the new

One of Asia’s biggest Venture Capital firms, Chiron Partners, has launched a $50 million ecosystem fund christened the Chiron Terra Fund I (CTI), aimed at supporting innovative projects that are emerging from the Terra blockchain ecosystem. The firm announced that the CTI will support the projects. In addition, the Fund will involve in decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens

As part of efforts to expand the knowledge base of its clients and partners in their cryptocurrency journey, payment giant Visa has introduced a global crypto advisory practice as part of the consulting & analytics department. In a statement, Visa said that the percentage of crypto awareness among financial decision-makers has skyrocketed to 94% globally,

After experiencing a rocky weekend where lows of $42K were hit, Bitcoin (BTC) has back above the psychological price of $50,000. The leading cryptocurrency was standing around $50,429 during intraday trading, according to CoinMarketCap. Both ups and downs have characterized Bitcoin’s twelve-year journey, given that it has at times been pushed against the wall. Bitcoin’s

Rennis, France-based Ubisoft, a video game developer and publisher launches a platform called “Digits” on its own Ubisoft Quartz NFT platform, stepping into the field of encrypted NFT. The game titan said it will launch a Ghost Recon Breakpoint beta version for PC players on Ubisoft Connect this week. The official Twitter claims to bring the